Iowa News Highlights From July Across State
Mt Pleasant votes tax for north and south railroad. Muscatine Canning Works to put up 100000 cans of tomatoes. Logan township resident Miss Miller killed by a cow. Milwaukee and St Paul seek 250000 dollars to extend line from Sigourney to Ottumwa. Davenport lecturer E E Cook in medical jurisprudence. Ottumwa sees 200 new dwellings started this season. Two Mills brothers drown in Minerva Creek near Albion. Unknown young man found dead in Davenport river. Cornell College at Mt Vernon housed 354 students from 14 states. Cherokee County reports magnetic spring cures. Cedar Falls teacher Ione Bean claims 160 acres in Dakota. Ottumwa pushes aid to Central Railroad for extension. James B Daggin buys Davenport mining claim for 112000. Glucose works in Davenport burn loss 76000. Matthesson factory destroyed. Livestock counts by county 1879 show cattle 1590056 horses 372808 swine 2324116. Grasshoppers damaged crops in several counties. Several late national and regional notices follow in brief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Martin
Missouri Valley
Sioux City Journal
Davenport
Davenport and
San Francisco
Davenport Glucose Works
Matthesson
Glucose Company
Buren R. Sherman
Iowa
Linn County
Fremont County
Mahaska
Benton
Hamilton County
Lansing
Winneshiek County
Fayette County
Cedar County
Marion County
Johnson County
Iowa County
Disturbances Across Europe and Asia Prompt War Talk
The report covers Bulgarian unrest near Rasgrad and Jamboll, Russian attacks on Irknek and a deadly fire including many key buildings, political shifts in Haiti and Cuba, British and French maneuvers in Europe, and tensions in China readying for war with Russia.
Farmer pays rent with mistaken pouch of notes
A Scotch farmer, amid hard times, offers his rent as a final payment. The factor counts a roll of notes and discovers an excess of £50. The farmer admits the error and says his hand went into the wrong pouch.
Honored and Blessed by Discoverers of a New Medicine
A board of eminent physicians announced that combining well known remedies yields a remarkable medicine that cures a wide range of diseases. The trial proof dispels doubts and the discoverers of the Hop Bitters are hailed as benefactors.
Multiple killings and a reprieve headline from 19th century notices
Reports from cities across the era note John McAney fatally shooting his employer John Crimmins in Atlanta Texas on July 17. Patrick McDermott killed in Brooklyn by Nicholas Meyers on the same date after Meyers beat his wife. A man named Ben Arnold found hanged in Chain Deroche Dakota Territory. Governor McClellan of New Jersey grants a reprieve to Covert Bennett and Mrs. Smith until August 15 in the murder of Officer Smith. John Hope convicted of robbery.
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Patrick McDermott
Brooklyn
N. Y
Nicholas Meyers
Meyers
Ben Arnold
Chain Deroche
Dakota Territory
Gov. McClellan
New Jersey
Covert Bennett
Mrs. Smith
Officer Smith
Prohibition State Convention Adopts Proposals in Cedar Rapids
At Cedar Rapids on July 16 the Prohibition State Convention chose Rev. Isaac C. Lusk as temporary chair and Rev. George Elliott as secretary. The bodies named Maxwell Brown Reed Kelly to permanent organization, and formed resolutions urging strict prohibition and constitutional amendments. A full state ticket pledged to prohibition was debated, amended, and endorsed by the adjournment.
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Cedar Rapids
Dr. Morgan
The
Blue Ribbon News
Isaac C. Lusk
Marshall County
George Elliott
Maxwell
C. E. Brown
Nate Reed
T. Kelly
Vanzant
D. Nichols
O. T. Fuller
B. C. Burns
P. Adams
H. W. Maxwell
P. Pinkham
W. B. Sherman
Prohibition
Committee
Lawa
Iowa
Grand Hotel
G. T. Carpenter
Ockaloosa
Beck
J. A. Nash
Des Moines
Trade With Brazil Sparks U S Export Drive
New York Herald reports bold efforts to shift South American trade from England to America. Local capitalists ally to supply cheaper cotton fabrics and combat counterfeited American labels. A proposed American Brazilian bank aims to direct direct exchange with New York to boost profits and open new branch in Rio de Janeiro.
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America
England
New York
London
Brazil
South America
Manchester
American Oe
Rio Janeiro
City
Para
Rio de Janeiro
Cutting Wheat and Rye Harvest Timing
The author argues hot spells harming crops when cutting began late or early. Past experiences show grain quality and weight shrinkage if harvest coincides with heat. He notes a case where cutting on the Fourth of May last year reduced grain quality and weight, urging timely cutting while grain is solid but still pliable.
Dr Bull’s Baltimore Pills Preserve Health Ad
A Baltimore print ad touts Dr Bull’s Pills as preserving health in face of business failures. The copy emphasizes health benefits and endurance, urging readers to trust the remedy as a preventive against decline.
Correct Habits to Counter Heat in Summer
The text advises practical steps to stay cool during hot weather. It recommends avoiding heating foods, not drinking alcohol, using water externally, giving cigars away, exercising daily to induce perspiration, delaying anger until cold weather, and keeping regular hours to resist late nights. It credits simple habits with reducing heat stress.
Codfish Balls and Mission Notes From Liberia
Codfish balls recipe uses two pounds of boneless fish mashed with milk potatoes butter and an egg to form cakes and fry. A note recalls Bishop Gilpert Haver’s Liberia mission urging interior work and the efforts of Ongood and Bovard at Boporo facing hostile trade from natives. A final quip questions the killer’s habit of forgiving others before execution.
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Gilpert Haver
Liberia
Interio
Messrs
Ongood
Bovard
Boporo
White race in Africa claims in travels of Serpa Pinto
Portuguese explorer Maor Serpa Pinto lecturing in Lisbon testified to a white race in Central Africa between Cuchi and the Cubango. He described a tribe “whiter than Caucasians” living nomadically, with tufted hair, Chinese-like eyes, strong build, and uncivilized manners, possibly remnants of Vandals or Goths, or Romans’ descendants from Atlas mountains.
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Maor Serpe Pinto
Ajor
Africa
Durban
Lisbon
Central Africa
Cuchi
Atlas
Serpato
Stanley
Pernambuco
Cameron
Serpa Pinto
Calhars
Transvaal
Holland
Republic
Moving an Army. The Spectator style reflections
The article traces how ancient and early modern armies moved across desolate regions with minimal supplies. It notes reliance on carriers and animals, limited wheeled transport, and high casualty rates yet argues time and logistics shaped historic campaigns. It suggests modern efficiency and planning could ease movement if humanity allowed.
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Spectator
Genghis Khan
Russia
Vienna
Persia
Commissariat
Xerxes
Alexander
Baber
Nadir Shah
London
Asia
Hyder Ali
Palanquins
New World
Zululand
Kashgar
Welsh Butter Ties To Midlands and Northern Markets
The article notes Welsh butter is mainly consumed in Welsh mining districts and Birmingham and Midland towns with healthy output in the north of England and Scotland. It adds that dairy products go to nearby markets and localities where the butter is produced.
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Birmingham
England
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Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
Sigourney
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E. E. Cook
State University
Joseph Mills
Minerva Creek
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Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Cherokee County
Cherokee Papers
Ione Bean
Cedar Falls
Dakota
Central Railroad
Charles O. McConnell
Logansport
Ind
Fred Fay
Council Bluffs
W. B. Porter
le Mars
Ottaway
Sunday School Assembly of the Northwest
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Wm. Powers
Floyd County
Minnesota
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Wm. F. Barry
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Joseph Robert
Loas
Ramsey
McCrary
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Northern Pacific Railway
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Pend Oreille Lake
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Pittsburg Agricultural Works
Clay County
Peter Anderson
Appeal
John O. Whitehouse
Poughkeepsie
Illinois State Board of Agriculture
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J. M. Keyes
Washburn
Minneapolis
Anthony Zabriski
Central Morisiana
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Zabriski
New Hampshire House of Representatives
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Secretary of War
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North American Review
Richard Wagner
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Dresden
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Wendell Phillips
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John L. Stephens
Mohammed Ali
Manhattan Savings Bank
Chastine Cox
Hull
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Missouri
Joseph de Gonta
Potosi
Jules Polite
Keysburg
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R. G. Walden
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Serdis
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Tom Butler
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Interelligencer
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